John Matthews, who survived my disparagement of him in a post a few 
months ago, has forgiven me and kindly sent me his closing Power Point of the recent UNECE workshop on Transboundary Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins
Download 2012_iv_26 Matthews UNECE summary
If you go to the workshop WWW site and scroll down to the bottom yu can access the documents, background documents, presentations, and photos (click on the tabs).
Here are the theme areas and presentation titles; all are in English unless otherwise indicated.
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Vulnerability Assessment, Experiences from Around the World
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Water scarcity in the Netherlands
Mr. Jos Timmerman, Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, the Netherlands
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Mekong Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative
Ms. Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan, Mekong River Commission
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Assessment of climate change induced water stress in the Nile Basin
Mr. Mohamed Elrawady, Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE)
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Vulnerability assessment in Colombian transboundary basins
Mr. Fabio Andres Bernal, National Hydrological Institute, Colombia
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Glaciers and water use in Central Asia: results of international scientific expedition
Mr. Abdylhamid Kayumov, State Agency for Hydrometeorology, Committee on the Environment of the Government, Republic of Tajiskistan (in Russian)
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Water and Adaptation to Climate Change in Myanmar
Ms. Tin Yi, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, Myanmar
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Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Transboundary Basins
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Transboundary conservation of the mangrove ecosystem of Sundarbans
Mr. Laskar Muqsudur Rahman, Forest Department, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh
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Building regionally and nationally tailored-based Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) in Mesoamerica
Mr. Juan Carlos Sanchez, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Management of scarce water resources for rehabilitation of degraded lands in arid and semi-arid region of Southern Pakistan
Mr. Sahibzada Irfannullah Khan, Sustainable Land Management Project (SMLP), Ministy of Environment in Pakistan
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How to Select and Implement Adaptation Measures
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Improving common flood risk management in transboundary basins
Mr. Bart Swanenvleugel, Flood Wise International Cooperation Project
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The Zambezi River Basin Initiative (ZRBI): Build and strengthen resilience
Ms. Hilary Motsiri, International Federation of the Red Cross
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Management Tools of Extreme Weather Events in Morocco
Mr. Abdeslam Ziyad, Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and Environment, Morocco
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Transnational adaptation measures against floods and low-flows: The AMICE project on the Meuse river basin
Ms. Maité Fournier, Public Management of the Meuse and its Tributaries (EPAMA), France
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Integrating Different Levels and Sectors
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Introduction: Integrating different levels and sectors in the Danube
Mr. Raimund Mair, International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
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Economic Aspects of Climate Change Adaptation
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Addressing Risks and Uncertainty: the Role of Economic Instruments and Financing Mechanisms
Ms. Kathleen Dominique, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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The impacts and economic costs of river floods in the European Union and the costs and benefits of adaptation
Mr. Luc Feyen, European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre
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Economy-wide analysis of climate change impacts on the Sava River Basin countries
Ms. Sebnem Sahin, World Bank
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Conclusions and Next Steps
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Making adaptation work: Reflection on the issues discussed during the workshop
Mr. John Matthews, Conservation International, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation
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Special Session on the Convention
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The UNECE Water Convention: obligations and practical application
Ms. Francesca Bernardini, Secretary of the Water Convention
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The Benefits of the Water Convention, Kazakhstan
Mr. Serik Akhmetov
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You will have to visit the WWW site to download these (scroll down, click on the tab).
Good stuff here - enjoy!
"To be fair, climate change is real. It occurs four times a year when winter turns into spring turns into summer turns into fall. Alarmists don't see it that way, so they squawk "The sky is falling" every time conditions vary outside their interpretation of what they think is normal." - Susan Stamper Brown
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